Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.

Warning for game developers: PCGamingWiki staff members will only ever reach out to you using the official press@pcgamingwiki.com mail address.
Be aware of scammers claiming to be representatives or affiliates of PCGamingWiki who promise a PCGW page for a game key.

Topic on Emulation talk:Xbox 360

This page shows the changes between two versions of a post by Mirh in the topic "Rip disks" on Emulation talk:Xbox 360. You can see other versions of this post at its history page.
Line 1: Line 1:
−
So, I dunno if all the fuss follows original xbox [[Emulation talk:Xbox#Backuping DVDs_5230|hassles]], still it's a mess.  
+
Disks are one hell of a wild ride, because on top of the [[Emulation talk:Xbox#Backuping DVDs_5230|original xbox]] hassles you have special [http://web.archive.org/web/20080213081817/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=514944 firmwares], [http://xbox-existence.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html drives], [http://web.archive.org/web/20090218194409/http://traptrakz.com/X360/tutorial/ security sectors], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005021640/http://c4evaspeaks.com/topic/xgd3-layer-breaks/ layer] [http://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/new-guide-to-burning-xgd3-games-with-imgburn-2-5-6-0.739575/ breaks], [http://web.archive.org/web/20111119144753/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=728912 AP], [http://web.archive.org/web/20101226064917/http://www.360pedia.org/wiki/The_Skinny_on_SSv3_and_AP2.5 SSv3], [http://thegamescene.boards.net/thread/3/xbox-360-scene-understanding-basics LT], [http://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/ap2-5-flagging-and-lt-3-0-info-and-faq.740735/ flagging], [http://www.gamingnow.info/2011/09/xgd3-facts/ XGD3] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180811130838/http://homebrew-connection.org/files/xbox/DVD_Drive/ and] [https://gbatemp.net/threads/stealth-patching-with-abgx360.347771/ whatever].
  
−
"Accessing" to actual files should<small>[?]</small> be possible on any drive with some [http://web.archive.org/web/20060524132753/http://www.clevermod.com/index.php?article=12 effort], [https://web.archive.org/web/20141024130330/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/481609-full-xbox360-game-raw-dump/ thanks] to [https://github.com/Margen67/wxRipper wxRipper].<br />If one wants to duplicate the disk too, difficulty increase even more. Between special [http://web.archive.org/web/20080213081817/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=514944 firmwares], [http://xbox-existence.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html drives], [http://web.archive.org/web/20090218194409/http://traptrakz.com/X360/tutorial/ security sectors], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005021640/http://c4evaspeaks.com/topic/xgd3-layer-breaks/ layer] [http://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/new-guide-to-burning-xgd3-games-with-imgburn-2-5-6-0.739575/ breaks], [http://web.archive.org/web/20111119144753/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=728912 AP], [http://web.archive.org/web/20101226064917/http://www.360pedia.org/wiki/The_Skinny_on_SSv3_and_AP2.5 SSv3], [http://thegamescene.boards.net/thread/3/xbox-360-scene-understanding-basics LT], [http://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/ap2-5-flagging-and-lt-3-0-info-and-faq.740735/ flagging], [http://www.gamingnow.info/2011/09/xgd3-facts/ XGD3]... [https://web.archive.org/web/20180811130838/http://homebrew-connection.org/files/xbox/DVD_Drive/ good] [https://gbatemp.net/threads/stealth-patching-with-abgx360.347771/ luck].
+
But it can be done. The [http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Microsoft_Xbox_and_Xbox_360_Dumping_Guide golden standard] is drives that supports either Kreon's firmware or 0800.  
 +
 
 +
Otherwise you still may have some chances with [http://web.archive.org/web/20060524132753/http://www.clevermod.com/index.php?article=12 hardware] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150912140517/http://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-rip-games-without-kreon-drive-modified-tutorial-of-dark_merlin.698376/ modding] any other drive (in a somewhat similar hotswapping fashion than what it's done for [[Emulation_talk:Dreamcast#Reading disks|dreamcast]]), [https://web.archive.org/web/20141024130330/http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/481609-full-xbox360-game-raw-dump/ thanks] to <s>[https://club.myce.com/t/here-is-wxripper-that-works-on-windows-7-x64-and-source-code/283662/11 wxRipper]</s> [https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator/wiki#dumping-guide-for-xboxxbox360-xgd2xbox360-xgd3-on-genaral-drive DiscImageCreator].